PERSONAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3986, 20 August 1929, Page 2

PERSONAL.

A well-known ex-resident of Foxton passed away at the Old People’s Home at Palmerston North on Friday, in the pei’son of Mr. John Reeve. The interment took place at Palmerston North on Sunday. Deceased leaves a widow and family. On Thursday evening an enjoyable farewell party was tendered to .the Rev. W. and Mrs. Raine, of Carterton, at the Longbusli Schoolroom, as a token of esteem upon the occasion of their approaching departure for Eastbourne. At an interval in the proceedings Mr. Tweedell, on behalf of the gathering, handed Mjr. Raine a fountain pen and a pipe. Mrs. Raine received an electric kettle and iron, and Dennis Raine an Evershanp pencil. The death occurred at the Masterton Hospital on Saturday morning of Mr. W|m. Henry Bredin, of the agricultural engineering firm of Messrs Bredin and Smith, of Carterton. Deceased suffered a stroke at an early hour on Saturday morning, and was later removed to the hospital, whore he expired soon after admission. 'The late Mr. Bredin, who was 47 years of age, is suryived by a widow and two children. The Rev. J. H. Bredin, of Palmerston North and late of Foxton, is a brother of the deceased. The death occurred in the Palmerston North hospital on Sunday of Mrs. Mabel Winifred McGee, wife of Mr. Thos. McGee, of Clyde Street, Foxton, and late of Rongotea and Palmerston North, in her 46th year. The late Mrs. McGee was born in Wellington, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. McGhie, of Pc-tone. Her son, Barry, aged nine years, was drowned at the Foxton wharf on June 22 last, his body not being recovered till a month later. The shock and nervous strain resulting from this tragedy told so severely on the mother that she became seriously i'll and she entered hospital on the day after his funeral. The tragic fate of the boy is believed to have been the direct cause of her death. She leaves her husband, two sons, Bernard, of Cambridge, and Bryan, of Foxton, and four daughters, Doreen, Florence, Marjory and Joan, all of Foxton, to mourn their loss. The funeral will take place at Palmerston North to-morrow. By Ihe death of Mrs. Eliza Jamieson on Thursday, the Dominion lost one of its oldest born. Her father and mother, Mr and Mrs David Williams, arrived from Wales in the London, on its second" voyage in 1842, and while Mr Williams was at Tolago Bay building the Mission Church for the Rev. E. Baker, Mrs. Jamieson was born on June 12th, 1844. Eighteen months later the family shifted to Wellington, firing in what is now Northland. Owing to native trouble it was thought desirable to shift into Mulgrave Street, near St. Paul’s Church, .the site of which was then covered with ti-tree. She remembered the violent earthquakes of 1848, when it was difficult to stand up. The Maori pas existed at Pipdtea and Te Aro and Lambton Quay was still the “beach.” Mrs Jamieson was twice married, her first husband being Mr John Stoddart, and her second the late Mr John Jamieson, of the “Independent,” Government Printing Office, and “Evening Post” staffs. Her surviving children are by her first marriage. Mr James Stoddart (West Australia), Mr A. Stoddart (Sydney, N.'S.W.), Mrs C. Mitchell (Hataitai), and Mrs. C. H. Usmar (Palmerston North), and by her second marriage Mrs G. Hailiday (Hataitai), Mr F. Jamieson (Shannon), Mr John Jamieson (Ngaio), and Mrs W. R. Aikens (Kilbirnie). Her surviving brothers are Messrs David and Arthur Williams, of Tinakora R,oad_, Wellington, while her only sister, Mrs Harry Pfimmer, and a daughter, Mrs M. Feist, predeceased her. She leaves twenty grandchildren and twelve greatgrandchildren. Mrs Jamieson was a foundation member of the Early Settlers’ Association, and to the last took a keen interest in the association’s doings. .